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There are some interesting things happening in Fire Proves Iron. Created by the husband and wife team of Page and Michael Malbrough, there is only one volume of the comic available at the moment, but it was recently picked up…

In life, one needs the help of friends. Major Klaus Heinz Von Dem Eberbach AKA “Iron Klaus” has a slew of agents at his disposal, all named after letters of the alphabet to make his life easier. Earl Dorian Red…

“If she did not exist, we would have to invent her.” Imagine a strange, futuristic version of our world. Instead of Hello Kitty, the most popular figure for t-shirts and billboards is a weeping gorilla, the mayor of New York…

If this is the first of the Courtney Crumrin Tales, Ted Naifeh is off to a spectacular start. Fun, entertaining, and incredibly charming, there isn’t anything I don’t love about this. Although, yes, meeting a younger and incredibly dashing Aloysius…

“He’s no match from my chinchilla of doom!” Oh yes, dear reader, chinchillas of doom and much much more await you in Slop: Analecta. It’s funny, sometimes crass, sometimes dark, but always interesting. Slop: Analecta is a small collection of…

Loyola uses food to control her dreams. Potato chips and cottage cheese take her to Antarctica, tapioca over mangos leads her to jungle swamps, but cornbread takes her to Saint Danger. This is where the story begins. Saint Danger has…

The title Ronin Hood of the 47 Samurai tells you most of what you need to know about this comic. He’s a ronin, he’s Robin Hood, he’s a samurai. The ronin were masterless samurai who lost their status by through…

Nodame Cantabile is about music and the joy that comes when you play from your heart. Shinichi and Nodame are music students with two very different approaches to life and music, but who always seem to play their best when…

Azumanga Daioh: The Manga came first. Then there was Azumanga Daioh: The Animation. Please note the helpful explanatory titles.This is not your typical manga and the anime is not your typical animation. Azumanga Daioh was published in short bursts. Think…

If you enjoyed Mars, or like the traditional girl-hero, boy in the wings, fun high school drama, go read Othello. Go go go, because this is heaps of fun! Othello (no relation to anything by Shakespeare so far) centers around…

Revolutionary Girl Utena (both the manga and anime) focuses on Utena, a strong, dynamic heroine who’s vowed to become a prince; charging into battle and rescuing those in need. The Utena story centers around her adventures at her new and…

Our heroine is Miki, a loud, incredibly strong girl who works for her mother in the family noodle shop. Unfortunately, Miki has a tendency to get massively distracted while on the job. Deliveries go undelivered and customers are bullied out…

Originally published in 1976, Eroica is a shonen-ai classic. It centers around the adventures of Earl Dorian Red Gloria a.k.a. the Earl of Gloria a.k.a. Eroica, international art thief, and his various conquests and thefts across the globe. The Earl…